“I have been doing this for 30 years, and this is the most asinine act by a police officer I have ever seen,” says Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters in announcing the murder charge against Tensing during a press conference . “This is without question a murder.”
“It is our belief that he was not dragged. If you slow down this tape you see what happens, it is a very slow period of time from when the car starts rolling to when a gun is out and he’s shot in the head,” Deters said.
“[Dubose] was simply, slowly rolling away,” he added.
The prosecutor said that the reason for the traffic stop was “a pretty chicken crap stop,” and that Tensing “purposely killed”Dubose.
“He wasn’t dealing with someone who was wanted for murder. He was dealing for someone who was wanted for not having a front license plate,” Deter said.
“I’m treating him like a murderer,” he added.
The dozen members of the grand jury also indicted Tensing on a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. If he is convicted of murder, he faces 15 years to life in prison.
Police officers are out to arrest Tensing, who is expected to be booked later Wednesday.
Deters initially held back the body camera footage to show the video to Dubose’s family first, but released the footage during the press conference.
“I do think that body cameras should be mandatory for law enforcement,” family attorney Mark O’Mara said.
An attorney for Dubose’s family told reporters that there would not have been an indictment without the video.
Tensing’s lawyer, Stuart Matthews, told the Cincinnati Enquirer on Tuesday that his client was in fear for his life before shooting Dubose and that he thought he would be run over by the car. Tensing has been a police officer for just over four years, and joined the UCPD in April 2014.
Source: rt.com
Yet another instance of an unqualified thug whose first impulse is to just start shooting at the first sign of trouble. The exponential rise in police brutality and outright unwarranted killing of civilians certainly does help Obama get his race war started…as well as push forward his agenda to nationalize local law enforcement.
murder plain and simple!!!
Oh, brother. Here we go again. Blacks dont think they should have to follow the law. Build another stupid monument to a criminal.
Car is a deadly weapon… cops response was appropriate